The flight that day was not perfect, but showed incredible promise. This team has surprised everyone by joining the competition late, and making significant progress to be only the fourth competitor ever to get their craft off the ground.

Did I mention this was my first ever rocket launch? (Model rockets when I was a kid don't count.)

But wait! TrueZer0 posted another video the day after we left.... and they're hovering! Check it out:

And finally, here are a whole ton of photos I took while visiting. Plenty of closeups to sate your curiosity, and even some cameos by Rovey (occasionally decapitated). Sorry, the right side of my camera lens is blurry for some reason, despite cleaning.

Today, we announce that after close consultation with our teams over the last few months, that there will not be a launch attempt by our March 31st, 2018 deadline, and the grand prize of the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE will go unclaimed.

While we are disappointed at the result, XPRIZE is exploring a number of ways to proceed from here, and we are proud of the impact that the Google Lunar XPRIZE has achieved to date. Stay tuned for exciting updates in the near future.